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AIntroduction 2....................................
Dear Philips customer, 2....................................................................................
Specifications 3.....................................................................................................
Supplied accessories 3........................................................................................
Important notes regarding operation 4..........................................................
Special functions of your new video recorder 5..........................................
Important information for customers in Great Britain 6...........................
BConnecting the video recorder 7.....
Preparing the remote control for operation 7.............................................
Connecting your video recorder to the TV set 7........................................
Connecting with a scart cable 8.......................................................................
Connecting without a scart cable 9.................................................................
Connecting additional devices 10.....................................................................
CInstalling your video recording 11...
Initial installation 11.............................................................................................
Decoder allocation 12........................................................................................
Manual TV channel search 13............................................................................
Using the satellite receiver 14...........................................................................
Automatic TV channel search (Autoinstall) 15.............................................
Monitor function 16............................................................................................
Sorting and clearing TV channels manually 16...............................................
Setting the time and date 18..............................................................................
DImportant notes for operation 19....
Navigation in the screen menu 19...................................................................
EPlayback 20........................................
Playing cassettes 20..............................................................................................
Playing back NTSC cassettes 21.......................................................................
Displaying current tape position 21.................................................................
Searching for a tape position with picture (scanning) 22............................
Still picture / slow motion 22............................................................................
Searching for tape position without picture (forward wind and
rewind) 23.............................................................................................................
Instant View 23.....................................................................................................
Automatic search for a tape position (index search) 23.............................
Automatic search for a blank space on the tape 24.....................................
FEliminating picture interference 25.
Optimising tracking 25........................................................................................
Optimising still picture 25..................................................................................
GManual recording 26..........................
General information 26......................................................................................
Recording without automatic switch-off 26...................................................
Recording with automatic switch-off (OTR One-Touch-Recording) 27.
Preventing accidental erasing of cassettes 27................................................
Lining up recordings (assemble cut) 27...........................................................
Selecting the recording speed (SP or LP) 28.................................................
Automatic controlled recording from a satellite receiver (RECORD
LINK) 29................................................................................................................
HProgramming a recording

(TIMER) 30..............................................

General information 30......................................................................................
Programming a recording (with 'VIDEO Plus+') 30.....................................
Problems and solutions for programmed recordings 32............................
Programming a recording (without VIDEO Plus+) 32.................................
Problem solving for programmed recordings 34..........................................
Programming a recording with 'TURBO TIMER' 35....................................
Problems and solutions for programmed recordings 36............................
How to check, change or delete a programmed recording (TIMER) 37.
IOther functions 38............................
Changing the video (colour) system 38..........................................................
Child lock 39.........................................................................................................
Switching the on-screen display (OSD) off or on 40...................................
Switch off the clock display 41..........................................................................
Continuous playback 42.....................................................................................
Automatic switch-off 43.....................................................................................
Selecting the sound channel 43.........................................................................
JSuppressing interference 44.............
Optimising the modulator 44............................................................................
Switching the modulator on / off 45................................................................
KBefore you call an engineer 46.........
HOTLINE telephone numbers 46....................................................................

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